Mendocino County Grand Jury
• 2006-2007
• Agency Response
Response to:
Mendocino County Office of Education
Response Procedure to Grand Jury Reports The governance of responses to Grand Jury Final Report is contained in Penal*
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Note: Missing finding numbers detected: F5
Findings and Recommendations 16 findings
F2
The UVSD Board of Directors (BOD) are appointed annually by the presiding officers of the Board of Supervisors (BOS) and the Ukiah City Council (UCC). It consists of two members of the BOS and a UCC member who are appointed annually. Response (Board of Supervisors): The Board of Supervisors agrees with this Finding.
No recommendations for this finding
F3
The UVSD is represented in legal affairs by the City of Ukiah Attorney and County Counsel. . Response (Board of Supervisors): The Board of Supervisors disagrees with this Finding. County Counsel represents the UVSD in legal affairs.
No recommendations for this finding
F4
Operation and management of all UVSD assets and operations are performed by the City of Ukiah, including the new Project. Response (Board of Supervisors): The Board of Supervisors agrees with this Finding. There have been no UVSD external audits conducted. Response (Board of Supervisors): رهمک The Board of Supervisors agrees with this Finding. It is true that external audits have not been routinely conducted on an annual basis. The last complete financial audit of the UVSD was done for the year fiscal years 1997 and 1998. The UVSD is presently in the process of a finance audit for the five-year period ending June 30, 2005. Said audit report is scheduled for completion on August 15, 2007. DOWN THE DRAIN A Report on the Ukiah Valley Sanitation District May 24,2007
No recommendations for this finding
F6
The UVSD has no independent staff. City employees provide all staffing functions for the UVSD. Response (Board of Supervisors): The Board of Supervisors disagrees partially with this Finding. The Mendocino County Clerk of the Board has traditionally provided agenda, minute and records 'management services to the UVSD. As stated under Finding No. 3, the County Counsel provides representation in legal affairs. Since September 2006, a Deputy County Executive Officer has been assigned to serve in the role as an interim Executive Officer, to the UVSD. In addition, a staff services agreement has been developed and approved for the reimbursement of County departments providing staff services to .the UVSD.
No recommendations for this finding
F7
The Grand Jury heard testimony from several sources that city staff has not presented vital information in a timely manner to the UVSD. Response (Board of Supervisors): The Board of Supervisors neither agrees nor disagrees with this Finding as the Board has no direct knowledge of the testimony. Regardless, the Board shares a concern with the Grand Jury regarding timeliness of information presentation by the City of Ukiah.
No recommendations for this finding
F8
The UVSD Waste Water Treatment Plant is faced with the necessity to process 21 million gallons of wastewater in the winter months as compared to 3 million gallons in the summer. Response (Board of Supervisors): The Board of Supervisors agrees with this Finding.
No recommendations for this finding
F9
The 2005 Project includes $33 million for the upgrade (Upgrade Project), $24 million for new construction (Capacity Project), and $12 million for financing costs for a projected total cost of $69 million. Response (Board of Supervisors): The Board of Supervisors agrees with this Finding.
No recommendations for this finding
F10
Sewer use is measured in ESSUs. These are based on the average discharge of a single-family residence. Response (Board of Supervisors): The Board of Supervisors agrees with this Finding. DOWN THE DRAIN A Report on the Ukiah Valley Sanitation District May 24,2007
No recommendations for this finding
F11
The Upgrading Project costs are shared between the City and UVSD on the basis of the relative ESSUs. The contractor is paid on the basis of the percentage of completion of the upgrading work. Response (Board of Supervisors): The Board of Supervisors agrees with this Finding.
No recommendations for this finding
F12
The costs for the Capacity Project are shared on the basis of a 65% UVSD/35% City ratio as established in the Project Agreement. The costs are paid out on the basis of percent completion. Response (Board of Supervisors): The Board of Supervisors agrees with this Finding.
No recommendations for this finding
F13
The 2005 contract for a new Waste Water Treatment Plant was planned to increase capacity by 2400 ESSUs, and to accommodate winter rainwater flow. Response (Board of Supervisors): The Board of Supervisors agrees with this Finding.
No recommendations for this finding
F14
Funds for construction come from two sources: sewer fees and new connections. Response (Board of Supervisors): The Board of Supervisors agrees with this Finding.
No recommendations for this finding
F15
The contract provides for mutual UVSD and City financial obligation for the next 30 years. Response (Board of Supervisors): The Board of Supervisors agrees with this Finding.
No recommendations for this finding
F16
The cost of the Project is financed by the City of Ukiah, which will be repaid by the City and UVSD ratepayers, and new connections; sewer rates are planned to continue to increase. Response (Board of Supervisors): The Board of Supervisors agrees with this Finding. DOWN THE DRAIN A Report on the Ukiah Valley Sanitation District May 24,2007
No recommendations for this finding
F17
The City Public Utilities Director supervises wastewater sewer operations. The City Public Works Director supervises streets, roads and is responsible for the storm runoff system. Response (Board of Supervisors): The Board of Supervisors agrees with this Finding.
No recommendations for this finding
F18
There is a Waste Water Treatment Plant on the old Masonite property. Response (Board of Supervisors): The Board of Supervisors disagrees with this Finding to the extent it implies that the Waste Water Treatment Plant is a fully functional facility.
No recommendations for this finding
Comments 1
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CO1This report can only begin to address some of the wastewater issues that face the Ukiah Valley over the next 20 years. This year's Grand Jury elected to begin addressing questions regarding sewer treatment issues and the organizational structure of the Ukiah Valley Sanitation District. Other questions regarding infiltration of storm waters into the treatment system,, exfiltration of wastewater into the soil, release of effluent (treated water), and the impact DOWN THE DRAIN A Report on the Ukiah Valley Sanitation District May 24,2007 of new State requirements will need to be addressed. The matter will be recommended to the 2007/2008 Grand Jury for investigation.
* This report's PDF did not contain easily extractable text and required Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for analysis. There may be minor errors in the extracted findings and recommendations due to OCR limitations with scanned documents.